UPSC Civil Services Model Paper 4

Option 2 is known as Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR).
Option 3 describes neo-natal mortality rate.
Option 1 describes Infant Mortality Rate.
Presently the IMR of India is around 42 per 1000 births which also nearly fulfils the MDG criteria for IMR.
IMR is dependent on several factors such as institutional delivery, sanitation, water, health facilities, early disease prevention, malnutrition of mother and child, educational levels of the mother and family etc.